If Thirty Years Ago or Less

It would have been wonderful 'if' thirty years ago...
Or less.
We all had embraced reality as fact and not fiction.

And those who spoke truth were not hushed as mavericks.
And priorities then,
Focused our minds in unity as a mindset.
Instead of a decadence that has trashed.
With conflicts that clash.

To have now a witnessed division,
Depicting a separateness into classes!
So once enjoyed by the masses.

Perhaps none of the current madness experienced,
Would exist to inflict upon our consciousness.
IF...
Thirty years ago,
Or less.
The majority had confessed...
A self examined sadness,
Now professed in regret as is reflected!

poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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